I knew this friend once a few years back who had decided on this 'new' treatment of acupuncture to stop smoking. As I recall, he had a small acupuncture needle inserted into his ear lobe which was covered up by a small band aid.
He was advised that this should do the trick and should he have any strong desire to have a smoke, he was to 'twiddle' that same ear lobe (carefully) and that would assist in killing the desire. I don't think he was overjoyed with it but he committed himself to the cause and ran with it.
As I recall, he had stopped for a while but maybe that was down to the fact that he would have looked a little ridiculous smoking whilst explaining to people why he had this needle stuck in his ear. In the long run it did not succeed for him.
Now, we have the all new, all singing and dancing laser treatment.
This is one of the various ways we see advertised to assist in the quest to stop smoking. Stop smoking laser treatment has been around for a while now and takes the form of acupuncture medicine without the needles. This may seem attractive to those of us who have a natural aversion to needles.
It may also appeal to those of us, (like my friend) who like the idea of just having it done 'automatically' for them. No fuss, no pain, no hassle. Just wake in the morning and you are cured!
Well, I don't know about this one at all. I mean, I have read up on a few scientific reports as a result of controlled tests and in a nutshell they came up with a blank. The long term result showed no effect to sham acupuncture. Overall, just no evidence to suggest that it works.
I for one will never try to shoot down a treatment if it is a good, effective one. But it seems that stop smoking laser treatment has a long way to go before it proves itself worthwhile. I know what it is like to be searching for the answer and what I found was this.
All you have to do is work it out in your own mind without allowing yourself to be assaulted by all these wonderful 'cures' on the market. This is where it begins, and stays.
He was advised that this should do the trick and should he have any strong desire to have a smoke, he was to 'twiddle' that same ear lobe (carefully) and that would assist in killing the desire. I don't think he was overjoyed with it but he committed himself to the cause and ran with it.
As I recall, he had stopped for a while but maybe that was down to the fact that he would have looked a little ridiculous smoking whilst explaining to people why he had this needle stuck in his ear. In the long run it did not succeed for him.
Now, we have the all new, all singing and dancing laser treatment.
This is one of the various ways we see advertised to assist in the quest to stop smoking. Stop smoking laser treatment has been around for a while now and takes the form of acupuncture medicine without the needles. This may seem attractive to those of us who have a natural aversion to needles.
It may also appeal to those of us, (like my friend) who like the idea of just having it done 'automatically' for them. No fuss, no pain, no hassle. Just wake in the morning and you are cured!
Well, I don't know about this one at all. I mean, I have read up on a few scientific reports as a result of controlled tests and in a nutshell they came up with a blank. The long term result showed no effect to sham acupuncture. Overall, just no evidence to suggest that it works.
I for one will never try to shoot down a treatment if it is a good, effective one. But it seems that stop smoking laser treatment has a long way to go before it proves itself worthwhile. I know what it is like to be searching for the answer and what I found was this.
All you have to do is work it out in your own mind without allowing yourself to be assaulted by all these wonderful 'cures' on the market. This is where it begins, and stays.
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